Wednesday, June 1, 2011

"For with God nothing shall be impossible..."

God specializes with the impossible. So often, when a matter comes to the point that it has become impossible, it is easy to lose faith, and with attitude and frustration, lose heart as well. But, the point of impossiblity is the very point of expectation: that God can do it, and all glory will be His. So often, the point of impossibility is when God blows through with more than we could have asked or thought.  He stretches our faith and then melts our souls with delight and awe at His total goodness. God is never in a hurry; His timing is always perfect. 

God saves the very  people that seem the farthest from salvation.  The person that seemed the worst, the farthest, the most hostile, is the very person that might be the closest to the cross. Keep praying even though the years keep passing on, keep believing; our God is mighty to save, and he proves it over and over. God gives children to those who are barren or beyond childbirth (Abraham and Sarah, Elizabeth and Zechariah). God used a virgin to birth the Savior into the world. God heals illnesses. He restores broken, hurting families and makes lives that are nearly destroyed, brand new.
When all hope is "lost," is when to hold onto faith more than ever and look up, for your expectation comes from Him. His glory will come through like the rising sun.

After the angel told Mary she was to bear the Messiah as a virgin, she answered, "I am the Lord's servant... may it be to me as you have said."  Mary didn't question for her own self: how would everyone react, is this really true, will my village stone me? She must have been so close to God in her walk, that she just accepted with faith, His plan for her life. The angel called her highly favored one. I am convinced that what pleases God is not works and performance, but a pure heart of faith. A heart so pure it wants all that God wants, no more and no less. It simply believes.... that "for with God, nothing shall be impossible."

"Now unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us."- Ephesians 3:20